Aboriginal Awareness Week Kick-off Celebration at the Galt Monday, June 16
8:00 am Lethbridge Regional Police set up tipi in south garden
11:30 am – 1:30 pm Opening Ceremony and Community BBQ
Jingle dress dancers
Métis Red River Jig
Drumming
Art and interactive displays
Children's craft table by Volunteer Lethbridge
Rufus the Mime
Discovery Hall admission
Menu: burgers, chips, juice, fruit
A donation bin and table will be in place to collect food items and donations for the Blood Tribe Youth Ranch — the youth treatment facility on the Blood Reserve burnt down last weekend. Donations will be handed over to the Kainaiwa Children's Services Corporation.
A collaboration between Galt Museum & Archives, CMARD, Aboriginal Council of Lethbridge, and UNITAS, as well as UNITAS member organizations:
Ability Resource Centre
Aboriginal Council of Lethbridge
Canadian Red Cross
Community Inclusion - City of Lethbridge
Government of Alberta
Lethbridge College
Lethbridge Family Services – Immigrant Services
Lethbridge Regional Police
Métis Local 2003
Outreach Southern Alberta
R-Space
Southern Alberta Ethnic Association
S.A.I.P.A.
United Way of Lethbridge
University of Lethbridge